what does it mean that god works in collaboration with the writters of the bible????

Answer 1

It means that the men who wrote/compiled the bible never lost their free will.

God never took over control of their hands and quills and forced them to write stuff that was non-contradictory to other parts of the bible, or perfectly in accordance to the facts of nature and physics.

God inspired the men, and the men gave their skills and abilities to God to use, and the result was the bible.

The bible IS God's word. But it ISN'T the science or history book that fundamentalists try to make it out to be. God worked in collaboration with flawed, imperfect men and the result was something that was both human and flawed and also divine and inspirted: The Bible.

Answer 2

To answer your question, it means that God was imparting on these men what to say. He was telling them what word He wanted them to put forth. The writers are the ones that would get the credit for writing it but those that know will give the glory to God.

For example, the other week I had to write some poetry for a church event. Well, I didn't start writing it until the night before the event. When I did sit down to write, I prayed that God would give me the words to write. Well the next morning when I was at the event, everyone that spoke or said anything on program before me were saying the same thing that I had typed onto paper the night before. Of course everyone told me that I did a great job but I gave all the credit to God because he was the initiator and the inspiration of the words because I didn't know what to say. This is not the only time but every time that I write something.

When it is God then you will see the confirmation show up somewhere. Just like a lot of the things in the bible that were predicted to happen in the future are really happening now. The men that wrote the words did not know if they were going to come true but God did.

Answer 3

God the Holy Spirit inspired the Bible but used men to write it. Think of it like this: When you write a letter, do you actually write the words or is it the pen and ink? The authors of the Bible were merely the pens in the Hand of God.

Answer 4

It means that God dictated to the men who wrote the words on the pages. It is not the way it happened. There is a lot of controversy over this, but the best explanation that can be gathered from what the Bible says is that God either took control of the writers and did the writing Himself or He planted insatiable desire to write what He planted in they're hearts.

Answer 5

The writers were not inspired by anything other than imagination. The bible is nothing more than a series of tall tales. Tall tales like Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill.

Answer 6

What sets the Bible apart from histories is its sacred distinction throughout history. Many view the inspiration for the Bible, in some way or another, as G*d. Different traditions who respect different parts of the scripture view its inspiration differently.

Until the modern era, Mosaic traditions viewed much of scripture as somehow inspired by G*d. The Torah shows that G*d gave Moses parts of scripture (the law) directly. We read accounts of prophets who heard directly from G*d and spoke his word to the people throughout scripture. In the New Testament, writers (especially Paul) mention hearing from or sharing a message from G*d. There are references to his Spirit moving them to write a particular message to their audience.

The Roman Catholic church and many conservative-leaning denominations and theologians regard scripture as divinely inspired. Those who rely on the "inerrancy of scripture" (scripture with no errors) often point to Paul's statement, "all scripture is given by inspiration of God (2 Tim. 3:16)," to iterate their point.

Modern / liberal theologians sometimes regard scripture in its historic sense, taking away some of its mystique in light of archeology, stylistic differences, or internal (presumed or actual) discrepancies. They address the Bible as a collection of historic (some more "sacred" than others) documents that help us understand how certain people and cultures have tried to understand and relate to G*d throughout history.

Answer 7

It mean,s God spoke his word to Holy men to write down,thus
became the Bible.

Answer 8

the righters of the bible had a tough time selling the idea that a divinity was dictating holy writ

only the gullible and loyal accepted it, all with inteligence were burned at the stake or banished and called heretics

Answer 9

Its a partway admittal that God didnt write the bible, keep at them and they'll say it was in collaboration with beer and disorientation brought on by malnutrition, then we'll be approaching the truth.

Answer 10

God inspired the authors through his Spirit. He inspired them directly so it is His Word